At 5-foot-8, 223 pounds, the Texas Southern transfer is doing his best to imitate what one of Alabama's best weapons, tailback Glen Coffee, does in order to prepare Utah's first-team defense.

Try to remember the last time you saw a Utah receiver loose the football. Rack your brain for the last Ute tailback to cough up the rock. It won't be in 2008.

In what is being billed as the biggest game in school history, the Utes head into the Sugar Bowl against a top five, Southeastern Conference team.

Two days away from the biggest game in Utah history, the 12-0 Utes were the main attraction at the Louisiana Superdome.

For Utah, New Years Eve will be a chance to rest from the last true practice before the Sugar Bowl.

Outland Trophy winner and projected top five pick Andre Smith was suspended for the Jan. 2 Sugar Bowl by Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban after Saban said Smith had violated unspecified team rules.

Utah's athletic director, Chris Hill, announced on Monday that Whittingham and Utah have agreed to a new contract that will pay the 15-year coach $6 million over the next five years.

Utah's offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig has been named as Kansas State's newest offensive coordinator, according to a release issued by Kansas State on Wednesday.

It is going to be a tough challenge for Utah to pound away at 'Bama's immense defense. However, offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig is just as concerned with the overall speed of the defense as he is with the size of it.

Ute fans have every reason to loathe Alabama head coach Nick Saban after his statement that Alabama was the only team to go 12-0 in a real Bowl Championship Series conference after his team lost out on its chance to go to the BCS Championship game.